Definition of tribune

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trib·une²    (trbyn, tr-byn) KEY 

NOUN:

1. A raised platform or dais from which a speaker addresses an assembly.
2. The usually domed or vaulted apse of a basilica.
3. See gallery.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French, from Old French, part of a church, speaking platform, from Old Italian tribuna, from Medieval Latin tribna, alteration of Latin tribnal ; see tribunal